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*** 29-Jan-17 World View -- Protests grow over Trump's executive order to restrict immigration
This morning's key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com
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**** Protests grow over Trump's executive order to restrict immigration
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Protests at San Francisco International Airport on Friday (Getty)
President Donald Trump on Friday fulfilled some of his campaign
promises by signing an executive order to limit immigration. In
brief, the terms of the executive order are:
Those opposing the executive order made the following points:
There have been growing anti-American government protests,
particularly at international airports around the world, where chaos
is at a maximum since no one is sure who's going to be admitted to the
US. Late on Saturday, a federal judge issued an order blocking the
federal government from deporting people detained at the airports
because of the executive order.
From the point of view of Generational Dynamics, America is joining a
worldwide trend that I've been writing about for years. In this
generational Crisis era, nationalism and xenophobia have been
increasing in countries around the world, and the same is true in
America. Those who blame Trump for this have it backwards. As
regular readers know, it's a core principle of generational theory
that even in a dictatorship, major policies and events are determined
by masses of people, entire generations of people, and not by
politicians. The growth of nationalism and xenophobia around the
world is not caused by Trump or by any politician; it's driven by the
current generations of people, now that the survivors of World War II
are gone. CNN - Full text of executive order and Saudi Gazette and CNN
Related Articles
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**** Iran promises retaliation against Americans
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A statement by Iran's Ministry of Foreign Affairs promises
retaliation against American nationals for the effects of
Trumps executive order on Iranian nationals. According to
the statement:
> [indent]<QUOTE>"The decision of the Government of the United States
> to impose restrictions on the travel of Muslims to the United
> States – though temporarily for three months – is a clear insult
> to the Islamic world, and especially the great nation of Iran; and
> despite claims of being made to combat terrorism and protecting
> the people of the United States, it will be recorded in history as
> a great gift to extremists and their supporters. ...
>
> The decision of the Government of the United States to target the
> people of Iran and clearly insult all sections of this great
> nation has put on clear display the baselessness of the
> U.S. claims of friendship with the Iranian people while only
> having issues with the Government of Iran. It also shows the
> rancor and enmity of some in the US government and influential
> circles both within the United States and abroad towards all
> Iranians around the world: The Iranian nation who, benefiting from
> an ancient and rich civilization and religious beliefs founded on
> humanitarian values, has always promoted the message of
> constructive engagement, not only resisted domination but also the
> temptations to dominate others, and fought extremism and violence;
> a resilient nation which has stood firm in the face of extremist
> terrorists and which was among the first victims of organized
> terrorism; a great people which has had no presence in any
> extremist terrorist operation, but instead in all societies in
> which it has traveled or resided as scientists, students,
> entrepreneurs, tourists or immigrants, has been known as one of
> the most law abiding, cultured, educated and successful
> communities, thus representing its Iranian and Islamic culture and
> civilization in the most dignified and peace-loving manner.
>
> To ensure respect for the dignity of all members of the great
> Iranian nation at home and abroad, the Government of the Islamic
> Republic of Iran will engage in a careful assessment of the short
> and medium-term impact of the decision of the U.S. Government on
> Iranian nationals, and will take proportionate legal, consular and
> political action and while respecting the American people and
> differentiating between them and the hostile policies of the
> U.S. Government – will take reciprocal measures in order to
> safeguard the rights of its citizens until the time of the removal
> of the insulting restrictions of the Government of the United
> States against Iranian nationals."<END QUOTE>[/indent]
This is the usual delusional stuff you hear from Iran. They say that
Iranians are "a great people which has had no presence in any
extremist terrorist operation," but they ignore their massive funding
of terrorist organizations, including Hezbollah and Hamas, and their
own sponsored terrorism in countries like Bahrain and Saudi Arabia.
Furthermore, Iran is a terrorist country to its own people -- peaceful
student protests are met with murder, torture and jailings of
innocent civilians.
The most delusional of the Iranians are the old geezers left over from
the Great Islamic Revolution of 1979, still dreaming of the erotic
days of the revolution when they could torture or rape or kill anyone
they want with impunity, and see nothing wrong with the same thing
today. This includes the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei.
On Friday, another old geezer Iranian cleric Ayatollah Mohammad Ali
Movahedi Kermani said that "those individuals who defend their lives,
honor, and country are not terrorists." To these people, an innocent
girl peacefully holding up a protest sign in Tehran's "Freedom Square"
is an enemy that the security police can torture, rape or kill because
doing so defends the country's honor.
One thing that really infuriates hardline Iranian officials is any
equivalencing of Sunni jihadist terror to Iranian terror. We saw this
particularly a year ago when Saudi Arabia executed 47 people on
charges of terrorism. 46 of them were Sunni jihadists, and the 47th
was Mohammad Baqir Nimr al-Nimr, a Shia terrorist from Iran. In
response, there were widespread riots in Iran, including burning down
the Saudi embassy in Tehran.
There is one additional significant quote from the Foreign Ministry
statement:
> [indent]<QUOTE>"The decision of the Government of the United States
> incorporates certain requests that are illegal, illogical and
> contrary to international law. Considering the absence of
> relations between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the United
> States, those requests are not applicable to and cannot be
> accommodated by the Government of the Islamic Republic of
> Iran."<END QUOTE>[/indent]
It's possible that these "certain requests" refer to the need for
countries to provide "adequate information" for its citizens to be
issued visas to enter the US, as stated in Trump's executive order.
If that is what is being referred to, then it's possible that Iran
will refuse to provide "adequate information," and the ban on
Iranian's entering the US could become permanent. Obviously that
situation will not be sustainable, and one side or the other will have
to back down. Tasnim News (Tehran) and Pro Publica and Tasnim News (Tehran) and Fars News (Tehran - trans)
Related Articles
KEYS: Generational Dynamics, Iraq, Syria, Iran, Libya, Somalia,
Sudan, Yemen, Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei,
Mohammad Ali Movahedi Kermani, Mohammad Baqir Nimr al-Nimr
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This morning's key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com
- Protests grow over Trump's executive order to restrict immigration
- Iran promises retaliation against Americans
****
**** Protests grow over Trump's executive order to restrict immigration
****
Protests at San Francisco International Airport on Friday (Getty)
President Donald Trump on Friday fulfilled some of his campaign
promises by signing an executive order to limit immigration. In
brief, the terms of the executive order are:
- Blocked all people from seven "terror-prone" countries from
entering the United States for at least 90 days. The countries named
in the order are: Iraq, Syria, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and
Yemen.
- Ordered a review of all other countries to determine which of them
do not provide "adequate information" for its citizens to be issued
visas to enter the US.
- Stopped the admission of all refugees to the United States for
four months. Also, cut in half the number of refugees that will be
admitted to 50,000 from the 110,000 cap established by former
president Barack Obama.
- Ordered that refugees should be prioritized for entry on the basis
of religious persecution, "provided that the religion of the
individual is a minority religion." It's expected that this order
will favor Christian refugees.
- Permanently barred Syrian nationals from entering.
- Ordered the implementation of "extreme vetting" new
immigration screening procedures.
Those opposing the executive order made the following points:
- By singling out Muslim countries, the order makes
religious distinctions that are unconstitutional.
- The order was poorly prepared and issued, since it's causing chaos
in airports around the world.
- People who have green cards and visas and who have already been
fully vetted are being prevented from reentering the country.
- Foreign national students who returned home for winter break are
unable to reenter the country.
- Families are being split up arbitrarily, depending on whether
one family member just happens to be out of the country on business
or vacation.
There have been growing anti-American government protests,
particularly at international airports around the world, where chaos
is at a maximum since no one is sure who's going to be admitted to the
US. Late on Saturday, a federal judge issued an order blocking the
federal government from deporting people detained at the airports
because of the executive order.
From the point of view of Generational Dynamics, America is joining a
worldwide trend that I've been writing about for years. In this
generational Crisis era, nationalism and xenophobia have been
increasing in countries around the world, and the same is true in
America. Those who blame Trump for this have it backwards. As
regular readers know, it's a core principle of generational theory
that even in a dictatorship, major policies and events are determined
by masses of people, entire generations of people, and not by
politicians. The growth of nationalism and xenophobia around the
world is not caused by Trump or by any politician; it's driven by the
current generations of people, now that the survivors of World War II
are gone. CNN - Full text of executive order and Saudi Gazette and CNN
Related Articles
- Anti-Muslim xenophobia surges in Europe and America (17-Nov-2015)
- President Trump's inauguration speech links today's America to the 1930s (21-Jan-2017)
- The global rise of xenophobia (22-Aug-2010)
- American xenophobia on the Left and on the Right (07-Nov-2010)
****
**** Iran promises retaliation against Americans
****
A statement by Iran's Ministry of Foreign Affairs promises
retaliation against American nationals for the effects of
Trumps executive order on Iranian nationals. According to
the statement:
> [indent]<QUOTE>"The decision of the Government of the United States
> to impose restrictions on the travel of Muslims to the United
> States – though temporarily for three months – is a clear insult
> to the Islamic world, and especially the great nation of Iran; and
> despite claims of being made to combat terrorism and protecting
> the people of the United States, it will be recorded in history as
> a great gift to extremists and their supporters. ...
>
> The decision of the Government of the United States to target the
> people of Iran and clearly insult all sections of this great
> nation has put on clear display the baselessness of the
> U.S. claims of friendship with the Iranian people while only
> having issues with the Government of Iran. It also shows the
> rancor and enmity of some in the US government and influential
> circles both within the United States and abroad towards all
> Iranians around the world: The Iranian nation who, benefiting from
> an ancient and rich civilization and religious beliefs founded on
> humanitarian values, has always promoted the message of
> constructive engagement, not only resisted domination but also the
> temptations to dominate others, and fought extremism and violence;
> a resilient nation which has stood firm in the face of extremist
> terrorists and which was among the first victims of organized
> terrorism; a great people which has had no presence in any
> extremist terrorist operation, but instead in all societies in
> which it has traveled or resided as scientists, students,
> entrepreneurs, tourists or immigrants, has been known as one of
> the most law abiding, cultured, educated and successful
> communities, thus representing its Iranian and Islamic culture and
> civilization in the most dignified and peace-loving manner.
>
> To ensure respect for the dignity of all members of the great
> Iranian nation at home and abroad, the Government of the Islamic
> Republic of Iran will engage in a careful assessment of the short
> and medium-term impact of the decision of the U.S. Government on
> Iranian nationals, and will take proportionate legal, consular and
> political action and while respecting the American people and
> differentiating between them and the hostile policies of the
> U.S. Government – will take reciprocal measures in order to
> safeguard the rights of its citizens until the time of the removal
> of the insulting restrictions of the Government of the United
> States against Iranian nationals."<END QUOTE>[/indent]
This is the usual delusional stuff you hear from Iran. They say that
Iranians are "a great people which has had no presence in any
extremist terrorist operation," but they ignore their massive funding
of terrorist organizations, including Hezbollah and Hamas, and their
own sponsored terrorism in countries like Bahrain and Saudi Arabia.
Furthermore, Iran is a terrorist country to its own people -- peaceful
student protests are met with murder, torture and jailings of
innocent civilians.
The most delusional of the Iranians are the old geezers left over from
the Great Islamic Revolution of 1979, still dreaming of the erotic
days of the revolution when they could torture or rape or kill anyone
they want with impunity, and see nothing wrong with the same thing
today. This includes the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei.
On Friday, another old geezer Iranian cleric Ayatollah Mohammad Ali
Movahedi Kermani said that "those individuals who defend their lives,
honor, and country are not terrorists." To these people, an innocent
girl peacefully holding up a protest sign in Tehran's "Freedom Square"
is an enemy that the security police can torture, rape or kill because
doing so defends the country's honor.
One thing that really infuriates hardline Iranian officials is any
equivalencing of Sunni jihadist terror to Iranian terror. We saw this
particularly a year ago when Saudi Arabia executed 47 people on
charges of terrorism. 46 of them were Sunni jihadists, and the 47th
was Mohammad Baqir Nimr al-Nimr, a Shia terrorist from Iran. In
response, there were widespread riots in Iran, including burning down
the Saudi embassy in Tehran.
There is one additional significant quote from the Foreign Ministry
statement:
> [indent]<QUOTE>"The decision of the Government of the United States
> incorporates certain requests that are illegal, illogical and
> contrary to international law. Considering the absence of
> relations between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the United
> States, those requests are not applicable to and cannot be
> accommodated by the Government of the Islamic Republic of
> Iran."<END QUOTE>[/indent]
It's possible that these "certain requests" refer to the need for
countries to provide "adequate information" for its citizens to be
issued visas to enter the US, as stated in Trump's executive order.
If that is what is being referred to, then it's possible that Iran
will refuse to provide "adequate information," and the ban on
Iranian's entering the US could become permanent. Obviously that
situation will not be sustainable, and one side or the other will have
to back down. Tasnim News (Tehran) and Pro Publica and Tasnim News (Tehran) and Fars News (Tehran - trans)
Related Articles
- Iran's 'moderate pragmatist' Hashemi Rafsanjani dies at age 82 (09-Jan-2017)
- US's Samantha Power makes excoriating attack on Syria's al-Assad, Russia, Iran (14-Dec-2016)
- Saudi Arabia makes a dangerous accusation - that Iranians are 'not Muslims' (09-Sep-2016)
- Mideast sectarian tensions surge as Iranians burn down Saudi embassy in Tehran (03-Jan-2016)
KEYS: Generational Dynamics, Iraq, Syria, Iran, Libya, Somalia,
Sudan, Yemen, Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei,
Mohammad Ali Movahedi Kermani, Mohammad Baqir Nimr al-Nimr
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